Proverbs14 House is a modest addition that transforms a well-lived life. Located in Cammeray on Sydney’s lower north shore, this slender heritage cottage dates back to the 1920s and has been in the client’s family for generations. Over time, the cottage grew worn and in need of modern updates, especially for a single, older woman who worked in healthcare across Australia.
Bijl Architecture designed Maranatha House in Neutral Bay on the lower north shore of Sydney. This project explores layers—material layers, liminal layers, and site layers. It involves peeling back, exposing, renewing, and refining the spatial expression of a house with many histories.
Zuster House explores a classic materials palette with muted tones, textured pressed metal, and characterful timber panel features speaking of tradition and grace.
This former coach-house located in Bendigo, Victoria explores heritage and adaptive design from a new perspective. The Bannerman house needed to exude delight, charm, compactness and comfort.
An ever-changing family home in Cremorne Point receives a forever makeover. Kareela Crest House had undergone a series of partial renovations over its lifetime, leaving it with little joie de vivre.
Our clients briefed a generous new family home, integrated landscape, and pool for their Lilyfield site in Sydney’s inner west. The tight, sloping block had an enormous rockface stepping up the rear of the site and fronted on to a major transport intersection.
Our clients and their children saw the untapped potential in this modest interwar home in Hunters Hill. Working from home had increased in frequency, with the usual tensions of accommodating a growing family becoming more apparent.
With its heritage skin and sleek contemporary addition, the Doorzien House challenges perceptions of traditional houses through its approach to renewal and reconstruction.
